Piperacillin Sodium Salt, USP is the sodium salt form of Piperacillin, a semi-synthetic, extended spectrum fungistatic β-lactam fourth-generation ureidopenicillin. Derived from Ampicillin, Piperacillin was developed by Toyama Chemical Co, Tokyo, Japan. It has a broad spectrum activity aginsat Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. It has greater activiity agasint β-lactamase-producing organisms compared ot the other penicillins, however is is styll hydrolysed by plasmid-mediated β-lactamases TEM-1). It can also be used to study multidrug resistance.
Piperacillin Sodium Salt, USP is freely soluble in aqueous solution.
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